A Registry for Evaluation of Efficiency and Safety of Surgical Treatment of Cartilage Defects: The German Cartilage Registry (KnorpelRegister DGOU)

Julia Maurer   ^{1 *} , MA ;   Birgit Grotejohann   ^{1 *} , DPhil ;   Carolin Jenkner   ^{1 *} ;   Carla Schneider   ^{1 *} ;   Thomas Flury   ^{1 *} , Dr. rer. nat. ;   Adrian Tassoni   ^{1 *} ;   Peter Angele   ^{2, 3 *} , Prof. Dr. med. ;   Jürgen Fritz   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Dirk Albrecht   ^{5 *} , MD ;   Philipp Niemeyer   ^{6 *} , Prof. Dr. med.

¹ Clinical Trials Unit, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

² Department Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

³ Sporthopaedicum, Straubing, Berlin, Regensburg, München, Germany

⁴ Orthopädisch Chirurgisches Centrum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

⁵ Klinik im Kronprinzenbau Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany

⁶ Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

*all authors contributed equally